I went through a real bad break up in February and tonight I found out my homie was cheated on by his gf of three years and I’m sitting here sick to my stomach. I’m actually ok for myself but I’m hurting for others out there drowning in those feelings it can be overwhelmingly rough holy shit spread peace and love
Bruh you should do a separate reaction to the vid, the song plus the video is such an interesting dynamic. It almost points towards how people in the saddest positions end up turning to drugs and violence and nicotine to try and "live" away that pain, only causing a cycle that never ends. It's really an interesting piece of art when combined.
Especially considering his past. Putting that into the perspective of Filthy Frank, seeing his antics and creating a song like that really adds an extra layer into the song, and how this is probably a feeling that he’s experienced. His emotion is so raw here. Wonderful song by Joji.
My 7 year relationship ended almost a year ago. I am healing and I’m generally okay now, it had been a long time since I had a breakdown and cried, but then this song came out, and when I listened to it, I cried my eyes out.
I understand you wanted to listen to the song without the music video, I did the same thing the first listen, but then with the video it becomes something else, the juxtaposition between violence of broken men and Joji's voice is absolutely incredible, whoever directed that video deserves as much recognition. It's a beautiful song, definitely one his best.
I disagree, the video took away alot of what the song did for me when I first listened to it. I'm completely aware of what it is trying to do, I'm just not interested in it. OH well, to each their own. Just glad the songs fantastic.
Man I love Joji. I’ve loved him since he was Filthy Frank and I love him now. This song is just so beautiful. I really like Nectar so I hope he has a new album coming soon. I think he does since he’s gonna be doing Day N Vegas this year.
@@savage_tse8220 bro my girl cheated on me over a year ago it was a long relationship and I saw her every day and I couldn’t get her out of my head I still think of parts of the relationship to this day but just know you don’t miss her you miss the thought of her you’ll get over this just give it time and don’t be scared to cry or to show your emotions you’ve got this lad 🤝❤️
the moment you realize this isnt the "breakup" type song but its the "one that got away" type of song, but still joji has really been upgrading since the last time we heard from him and im honestly really 4 the new joji😭❤
I’d genuinely never listened to a Joji track before this video so I’ve gone and listened to his full first album and holy shit I’m an immediate fan this guy is phenomenal
literally just went trhough a break up with a girl that helped me and i helped her through a lot and now it ended a couple days ago because it was right person just wrong timing and this track just amplifies these feelings :/
I guarantee you it gets better. Went through a real tough one back in 2020. It crushed me. Thought the pain would never leave but I promise you it does. Feel all of your feelings man you got this. One day at a time
Stay strong my friend. The Beauty of Love is that it won't just happen once. Love is boundless. Let the goodness of this relationship that has come to an end reflect in you so that when love returns to your life, you can reflect what you learned. Godspeed friend
What I noticed is that the video parallels alot of Joji's days on RU-vid with his friends. Wearing masks, playing characters, messy surroundings and shock value stuff. But as the video goes on you see that one of the guys is begging to act strange and seems regretful and unable to keep doing the things he is doing, another similarity to George's career.
@@tylerbarrett7167 bruh not really,theres a cool documentary about him search filthy frank to joji or smth and youll find it,he wanted to make serious music and be himself (he made a joji vlogs channel on 2013 that got 0 support)since 2012 but his community didnt like that so he built it based on music memes and made the pink guy album when he was at the top then directly switched up,not that he lived like we seen him it was a character that he played once or twice a month
I think I prefer listening to the song with the background noise of the music video. I love the sound of chaos with his melancholic voice. Although it's a big contrast, it says a lot about the heightened emotions expressed. In the midst of destruction and violence, whether that'd be internal or external, there's a quiet sadness in the centre of it. And all these sounds played together strengthens these two extremes. They are born from each other and die within each other. It's the highs of all this frustration and anger, and the lows of sadness and yearning. They blend together so well to the point where you can't really untangle them and pull them apart. They just learn to co-exist with one another somehow and that's how you get broken people who are hurting. Got this comment from the mv comment section and i couldnt agree more.
I agree wholeheartedly, this is a great observation. People who are saying that the video ruins the song I feel don't try to understand that every love song isn't about roses and fresh laundry. Sometimes its depression, self negligence. Its a perfect video because every time I think of this song I think of the cruel conditions the people in the video are living in, fake or real and it just gets me into that melancholy mood perfectly. What an outstanding song.
Yeah, saying is better without the video is like saying This Is America is better without the video. It's a holistic piece of art that feels like it's meant to be taken all together. I mean, the song is nice, but it's so much more interesting and hits much harder with the context of the video.
@@od_certified347 apart from life is not the same and foot forward, personally I don’t remember the rest of the album after listening to it. I just think his previous releases were so much better and took more risks 🤷♀️
My 4 year relationship just ended recently. I saw her disappearing in front of my eyes yet I would pretend everything was fine. Some times I would see a glimpse of us in her eyes, a glimpse of our memories, hope. But in the end we both parted ways. Funnily enough my favourite artist just releases a song that resonates with me so much even though it has different meanings. Thank you Joji.
A reaction to the video paired with the song should be a separate video. It really changes the meaning of the song when you're watching the video. Almost like it's two different songs. Thanks for the video Jon
I lost someone to suicide some time ago and haven't cried since, I've been almost totally desensitized to my emotions and this song slapped me in the fucking nuts and I just couldn't stop myself from crying. Joji is such an amazing artist and brings out real emotions
I don't think there could have been a better video for this song. Having lived a lot of what this video portrays, the escapism after losing a loved one, distracting yourself with friends, drugs and alcohol, to the slow descent into insanity and finally defeat. The build of the song follows this journey, he doesn't have to be singing about another person he's singing about his life.
@@MinecraftRick Time, efforts, friends, experiences. The excruciating sadness will be there, maybe for months, but in my experience, forcing yourself to talk, to see friends, to do things, is the only way I found to truly go over it, as games, alcohol and drugs were really just a distraction, and not a solution. I hope you will get over it, find some hapiness in your life again, we are with you mate.
Im with someone and very much happy and in love, and this song brought back a lot of memories and sadness of the heart break that once was, this song is outstanding and I can’t stop listening to it
Right? You can be very happy and in love but still appreciate a heartbreaking song like this. It’s kind of beautiful. Kind of makes you appreciate what you got. 👍🏼
I’ve recently gone through a break (if 3 months ago is recent), we were in a long distance relationship and we lost her mom. We tried everything in our power to keep things together but we were slow dancing in a burning room from the start. Haven’t spoken for a second for 3 months now, but honestly I think there will always be a piece of her in the way I see the world moving forward. If it wasn’t obvious, I cried my eyes out watching this, but I’ve washed my face and ready to keep it moving, life is too precious to be moping around.
3 week ago. Same thing. I watched us fade into this different thing and then it was over. One night, one 5 minute conversation and haven't spoken since. I don't know what this feeling is but it's horrible 😕
Honestly as a Joji fan one of my favorite parts of listening to each new release has been seeing the improvements on vocals. While I did and still do love his older work I will fully admit the vocals were always to me the weakest part of the songs. It felt like even when the song would have a good beat and good sound the lack of polish on the vocal side just took away from what could have been an incredible experience otherwise. However after Nectar I started to notice the improvements being made and the strides being taken and i think that can be fully realized in this one. While before it always felt like they used the beats and riffs to sometimes cover up his voice and try and distract from the less then stellar vocals at times, this song shows just how far he has come in the process of being an artist. The song is gorgeous and simple. People like to say Jojis music is very similar and while yes it most certainly can be this one felt like a breath into something that we've already seen before. The emotion and the realness just overwhelmed me my first listen and I cannot wait to see where he goes next.
I respect you not wanting to watch the video to experience the raw music however, listening with the video as well, creates a really different and powerful experience. You should definitely give the video a chance separately.
My first true love and I broke up just over 4 years ago now, and I hadn't cried about her in a long time. But this song made it all come flooding back and I just broke down. It brought me right back to the state I was in for almost two years straight. I turned to drugs to numb the pain, and became a full fledged addict. I just hit 401 days sober on Tuesday. The song and the video hit me so damn hard. I recently found someone new, but I see so much of her in them. It's so damn difficult, and it's been four fucking years. Does that pain ever go away? Do you ever truly "get over" your first love? Will my heart ever stop sinking whenever I think of her, or seeing something that reminds me of her? This song perfectly encapsulates what I'm going through right now, and it is genuinely one of the most gut-wrenching, heartbreaking songs I have ever listened to. I'm not really a fan of Joji, I know who he is and I knew he made music, but I was not expecting this from him. What an incredible and beautiful song.
New relationship will lessen the pain. Stop listening to this tune. There is a reason you guys broke up, it was never what you really thought it to be. She never cared as much as you did.. (this one always sobered me up) Like why cry for someone who is not crying for you. The above is what I always needed to set me straight, it's blunt but it gets you out of moping around. You can do it! Wishing you bright days and nights!
This is like a sequel or maybe the sad aftermath of Like you do, because that song is when he is in the relationship, and he's basically saying how no one loves him or no one makes him feel like she does, and this song seems like he is no long with that girl and it's the same concept but from a different perspective.
It's this song right here that makes you feel that... no matter the people you get into close relationships with .. it'll never be as genuine as "her's" 💔💔
Joji is like that depressed emo kid who people make fun of and teachers say you'll never amount to anything only to be be Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos later.
I love how you can look at “Will He” which has a similar tone and seeing his growth musically, not layered under the production and portraying emotion through his vocals alongside the actual lyrics
I feel like the "her" he sees his old relationship in is chaos. He sees a glimpse of them in it and cant fully get what he once had in it. The video with the song is pure chaos and encapsulates how hard the mc is trying to use it to forget the love he lost.
Great decision on listening to the audio alone. I heard this song for the first time randomly at a zumiez of all places last Sunday and I just stopped instantly recognizing Joji’s voice. I felt like crying right then and there.
Video doesn't do it for me. I know people want to say it's art or whatever lol but I'm not intrested in it. It just didn't fit the songs atmosphere I created in my head when I first listened to it. Glad you you decided to just listen to the song.
From Filthy Frank, To Pink Guy , to a vast array of characters! To Joji! This man created so many characters like many, to possibly avoid being themselves! I’m glad “Joji” got to eventually be himself and bless the world with his actual talent of song! 🙏🏻 🎶
I do think the video adds the certain type of depth to the meaning of the song tho. But I agree for a first time listening it was difficult to hear the song 😂.
I haven't listened to joji before, nor have I been in a relationship, but man, this song still hits hard. The vocals and background music are absolutely phenomenal and the way this song captured his experience was surreal. Amazing, amazing song with so much passion, the work and time it took was sooo worth it. The emotional depth it has to it aswell! Definitely one to have a good cry to. This song is bound to leave me coming back for more and listening to some of the other songs he's made.
My crush recently leave me alone without a reason and now we dont talk anymore. I had tried everything to get her with me but nothing works..Everything I had done for her goes to waste. And now I see her getting closer and closer with another man... It really hurts me when I realise that I never ever had her by my side before.. Thx Joji for making this song, I guess it could heals me during these hard times...
I found my male Adele. This is an astonishing display of musical prowess. Absolutely transcendent track. Btw absolutely love the channel, keep up the excellent content!
Filthy Frank was a big part of my life when I was in the deepest dumps. The progression of Frank to Joji has been very reminiscent of my own life and growth. Both Frank and Joji are so integral to my experience through high school and the chaos afterwards. I'm forever grateful to find an artist that resonates with me in this way.
This is honestly one of the best music videos I've ever seen. It looks chaotic and disjointed at first but then you realize the point of it and it hits hard. The fucked up things we do as men to just distract us from the pain.
I'm an average male so I've never had a girlfriend before in my entire life and its not from the lack of trying. At least 20+ different girls had rejected me. Wish I could feel the feeling of being loved by an opposite sex 😪
There's an amazing duet of Allie Sherlock and Jamal Corrie singing on the streets of Dublin, they killed this song. Then coincidentally the two songwriters that wrote this song came by and were so stoked that they were singing their song....so the two writers sang the song. Wow! what a performance - it's on you tube titled under Allie Sherlock & Jamal Corrie...don't miss it!
The I also had that problem with the video. The background noise and visuals are amazing and tell a story but very very distracting from this beautiful song
Saw a really interesting comment on another reaction vid to this song about, what if he’s not talking about a new/different girl but one girl that has changed into a different person from who he fell in love with. Very different perspective to hear the song from and just as meaningful if you ask me.
should have watch the music video, it was noisy because its a contrast of the lyrics, its a showcase of how someone can fall into a destructive lifestyle after possibly a breakup or reminiscing of someone that was important in your life.. doesn't have to be a relationship.
im not even going thru a breakup, im actually very happy with my bf, but maybe im just a baby , but vocals and lyrics are so beautiful and gets me very emotional
I’m getting to know a girl right now and the girl unfortunately hasn’t still moved on from her ex. And last night she forwarded me this song and I was like the fuck. All the lyrics hit me directly. Like she’s telling me what her heart feels. Maybe we just wasn’t meant to pursue this romantically. Idk. It saddens me though cuz she’s great and I can see future in her. But man, so tough.
